🙌 A warm welcome to our new Caribbean Regional Coordinator Leneka Terika Rhoden.

With experience in #BBNJ protection law, policy work with countries and knowledge of #MPAs , she is the perfect addition to our team to advance the #RaceForRatification .
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So far, 90 countries have signed and 5 countries have ratified the #HighSeasTreaty . We need 55 more asap for the Treaty to enter into force. Follow High Seas Alliance and take action: ctt.ec/iKDj5+ #BBNJ

The #HighSeas belong to all humankind but with no law in place, they are at risk of exploitation.

Dr Olive Heffernan book #TheHighSeas uncovers the truth behind exploitative fishing practices & investigates the potentially devastating impact of #DeepSeaMining . highseasalliance.org/2024/05/14/the…

Last year, the United Nations adopted the #HighSeasTreaty to protect ocean #biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions. Now the #RaceForRatification is on: 60 countries must ratify the Treaty for it to enter into force. Learn more & catch up on #BBNJ briefings 👇
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🐙 🐠 Protecting biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction #BBNJ is critical to achieving #30x30 .

This #BiodiversityDay , #BePartOfThePlan – ratify the #HighSeasTreaty now so we can fast-track #MPAs in our global ocean. #RaceForRatification highseasalliance.org/2024/05/17/int…

It's #BiodiversityDay 🌊🐟

A year ago, the United Nations adopted the global #HighSeasTreaty to protect ocean #biodiversity .

To celebrate this landmark, we're throwing a party webinar to discuss its importance for the #Arctic 🎂

Learn more & register 🔗:
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It’s #biodiversityday 🐢🪼 Celebrating the life and world down there where happiness and peace come in bubbles and waves🌊 Let’s continue to protect our ocean esp. the #highseas that cover 50% of 🌏 and home to a vast and diverse marine life but least protected ecoregions in 🌏.

Not one but two new High Seas Alliance ' briefings out today:

1) A deep dive into the financial mechanism of #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty by Torsten Thiele: how will it work, how does it connect to other parts, what are next steps to operationalize it?

Link: highseasalliance.org/wp-content/upl… [1/2]

Great experience joining the International Politics & Development seminar at Universität Wien yesterday to talk about the roles of NGOs in international policy making, using examples from High Seas Alliance work on #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty . Thanks Arne Langlet MARIPOLDATA for the invite!

High Seas Alliance recommendations for the upcoming BBNJ organizational PrepCom are available

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.IUCN Oceania , through its #BBNJ project, is aiding Fiji in ratifying and implementing the BBNJ Agreement. Last week, stakeholders met at the Naviti Resort for key discussions. With thanks to Fiji Government, OPOC , Bloomberg and Arcadia, & High Seas Alliance

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📅 Join us for an interactive webinar in partnership with RISE UP - A Blue Call To Action on the urgency to include the ratification & implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty in the G20 Brasil process and Communiqué.

🗣️ Bec Hubbard Nichola Clark Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Daniel Kachelriess
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚨 Don't miss our webinar on #Oceans20Brazil on the urgency for ratification & implementation of the #BBNJ Treaty.

Join us for an opportunity to engage & provide feedback on the G20 Brasil Communiqué.
Bec Hubbard Nichola Clark Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Daniel Kachelriess
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'Ocean health is key to our own health. This inextricable link means that, to survive and thrive, we urgently need to change our relationship with the ocean.'

A guest blog by Rebecca Hubbard director, High Seas Alliance econimpact.co/pN

#oceanhealth #WorldOceanInitiative

📌 If you are at #SIDS 4 next week, join us for 2️⃣ side-events!

We will be part of the panels discussing the #BBNJ Treaty ratification & implementation for #SIDS and building bridges among #IndigenousPeople , scientists and policy-makers.

Let's dive into ocean protection! Effective #MPAs can deliver environmental, economic & social benefits.

Currently, only 3% of the ocean is fully/highly protected with 61% in #ABNJ . We need more to achieve #30x30 .

Explore Economist Impact's map of MPAs. impact.economist.com/ocean/beyond-t…

Read Olive Heffernan's piece for The High Seas Alliance, discussing her book The High Seas: Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

'The High Seas was born out of genuine curiosity'

highseasalliance.org/2024/05/14/the… Dr Olive Heffernan High Seas Alliance

🐢🐤 The Sargasso Sea is home to many species, including the endangered green, hawksbill, loggerhead & Kemp’s ridley turtles and Bermuda petrel.

On #EndangeredSpeciesDay , we need protection for the Sargasso Sea as an MPA under the #HighSeasTreaty . #BBNJ mpa.highseasalliance.org/sargasso-sea

🤝 We are proud to be a World Ocean Day partner this month in the '12 Months of Action'.

This May, let's rally to advance the #RaceForRatification 🗣️ Call on your government to ratify the #HighSeasTreaty .

⬇️ Check out how to get involved! #BBNJ
worldoceanday.org/mobilize-to-pr…

🗓️ In collaboration with High Seas Alliance, we invite you to our Ocean Dialogues.

Experts and leaders will discuss how to accelerate the #RaceForRatification and share recommendations for the final policy brief for G20 Brasil Oceans20. #G20Brazil

Register ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…